Posts by Nicole Martinez
Barbie’s Getting a Makeover From Beyonce’s Stylist
Mattel and celebrity stylist Zerina Akers have teamed up to design a diverse range of fashionable Barbie dolls.
Read MoreTennessee’s largest county to study reparations for descendants of enslaved people
Board members in Shelby County, Tennessee support reparations for descendants of enslaved people, but not everyone finds it feasible.
Read MoreKeith Lee is TikTok’s favorite food reviewer — and he’s just getting started
Keith Lee has found his niche as a Black food reviewer on TikTok, and his success can help the greater Black community.
Read MoreThomas Commeraw: the Black 19th-century potter who historians assumed was white
The New York Historical Society is hosting an exhibit about acclaimed potter Thomas Commeraw, a Black man long thought to be white.
Read MoreMissouri man who served 27 years in prison is freed as judge vacates his murder conviction
After 27 years in prison, Lamar Johnson is finally free, thanks to a judge’s ruling that witness testimony was faulty.
Read MoreADL Report Shows Widespread Impacts of Kanye West’s Antisemitism
The Anti-Defamation League is following the fallout from rapper Kanye West’s antisemitic social media posts since late 2022.
Read MoreRihanna rises and shines during Super Bowl halftime performance — and reveals she’s pregnant with second child
Rihanna’s halftime Super Bowl concert also served as an announcement of the singer’s second pregnancy.
Read MoreLawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching
Family members of Emmett Till are demanding the arrest of Caroline Bryant, the woman whose accusation led to the boy’s lynching.
Read MoreWhy one woman plants crops to fight oppression
Eva Dickerson is intent on battling and revealing food inequalities for what they are: a way for some people to retain control.
Read MoreDiscrimination and caretaking contribute to lower college completion rate for Black students
A new report examines barriers to completing education for Black students, perhaps unsurprisingly finding discrimination plays a role.
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